Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-05-05

As the morning Is so rough that / must
remain IN doors awhile l viii employ my
time writing to the little folks in
Washington Co. / visited the childrens'
Home yesterday with an old friend and
enjoyed 4 70 much that / must tell you a
a few things that pleased me and q few
that may dim those precious little eyes
with tears. In the first place this was q
pleasantly situated summer resort for In
valids for a short time. The company
that bought 1t did little else than fix up
the springs in grand style. erect some
fine buildings and sell out to the county
commissioners before the paint was dry
on the buildIngs so TO speak. The our
ty paid $4,000 for the property. and.
though It WIS thought %extrayagant by
some. yettwo years Of efficient manage
ment has prosen the reverse.
Well. I sei5 I'd tell you what ! saw.
When we got 10 the main entrance gate
the fore wheel Of the jaggat struck a
spring and the gate flew wide open, then
over another one and 1t went shut.
Wasn'tit handy In front Of a cottage
we saw about twenty neatly dressed boys
and girls at play
The cottage, we learned. was their
school building and a young lady Of Ea
ton was engaged at public expense to
teach such as come under school age. for
a term Of nine months each year. Two
colored children were among the number,
and by the way, let mt tell you, this is
common in an the schools of the county.
They are so scattered that they cannot
have separate schools.
A little further on we passed the girls
play house, a neat little cottage contain
ing. upon investigation later in the day,
dolls. doll heads, doll feet doll dresses,
baby cribs. baby trunks, quilt pieces,
dishes, relics OF at least six grand moth
crs dinner and tea sets and many other
things which make girls play houses
second onlysto mammals kiss or see.saw
sports. Now what do you suppose we
found in the boys play roomf-amply a
store and q dirty floor.
After we toek a araught of that good
sulphur water from each Of the four
springs we went to the hotel now used as
the Home Before we reached the
front entrance we found four poor little
boys evidently between the ages of four
and six disgorging their little stomachs
of an overdose Of onions as they told
their nurse. They had been out playing
on the grounds and had found some
thing resembling onions which may YET
prove fatal. My heart went out to the
little orphans so much that I looked fol
them again before leaving and found
them no better.
On the first floor they have an Even.
ing Room where the lady informed us
they met each evening before retiring
The floor is nicely carpeted and the walls
adorned with pictures. On a table we
noticed papers. books, &c. AT 1880 they
all retire. Their bed rooms are on the
third floor. Each room has two nict
beds. There ore four gas jets In eacl
hall and one In each room. The colorei
boys have rooms on the fourth floor. The
The other rooms are unoccupicd. excep,
the teacher room and one used as
meat room. WOW let US descend to IN,
second floor and pass by the south rooms
which arc used by the superintendent
family. Nice indeed they are, but oul
minds are directed to the little outcasts
The second room on the north Is thei
bath and dressing room. We noticed
but one bath tub. The ward robe strucl
us forcibly. One whole side Of the roon
is partitioned of, into little cases, II
which each ones clothes are kept sepa
rate. Saturday evenings the lady ii
charge has themaall washed and dressed
The third room IL the nursery. Tel
of the youngest Of the forty, including
the four sick ones are here cared for b.
one lady. We ioticed one folding cot
cradles, cribs, playthings and medicin'
bottles in this room. 1t looked as though
the woman has her hands full. In tn,
kitchen we noticed, beside a No. Q cool
stove, a range large enough to cool
enough for all at nee. A furnace be
tween the kitchen and dining rooms ha
pipes running all through the building i
warm it while registers are In all tn
upper halls several feet apart. All til
little waits mareA down stairs and sea
themselves at the table In an orderl
manner except those in the nursery VIII
eat at a small side table attended b
their nurse. / would write more but
seems that my litter lenghthens Of II
own accord. So now good bye.
Dayton, O., May, Q. A.. G. G,
Delicate Children Nursing.
Mothers, Overworked Men. and for a
, diseases where tho tissues are wastin
, away from the inability TO digest ord
Q nary food, or from overwork Of til
brain or body. !all such should tax
Sc0TT's EMULSION of Pure Cod Live
? OIL with Hypophbsphites. II used tn
Emulsion on a hdy who was delicat;
/ and threatened With Bronchitis. 1t pr
q her In such good health and flesh that
1 must say 1t Is thelbest Emulsion / eve
+ used" i. p. Wahdel1, NJ. D.. Hugh
Mills, s. c.. II have used SCOTS Emu
!. sion. and must sly II Is the best prep,
9 ration of the kin1lI have evcr used, an
r ! have found 1t thS very thing for chi
I dren that have tbarasrnus."-Dr j.
Layton, Brewer y o. Nc. a. Ii
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